The Proust Questionnaire is a new thing for me. For my larger writing pieces, I've never had an organized method for character development; I'd always just 'think about the character' and then write down how I wanted them to be, adding to the description as I learned new things about them while writing.

Doing a questionnaire up front at the very least forces you to think more in-depth about a character before starting to write and locking them into a profile.

Good article, as always!